Thanks Anand for being there to answer all my questions ! I've used the cluster/stripe translator in a local-only setup # glusterfs client volume data-2-local type storage/posix option directory /data-2 end-volume volume data-3-local type storage/posix option directory /data-3 end-volume volume data-striped type cluster/stripe subvolumes data-2-local data-3-local option block-size *:1MB end-volume Whatever the block-size (64kB, 128kB, 1MB, 64MB), iostat reports 30MB/s/disk which is less than half the nominal (each data-X storage is a separate XRaid FC controller able to ingest 80MB/s) -------- Message d'origine-------- De: anand.avati@xxxxxxxxx de la part de Anand Avati Date: dim. 16/12/2007 19:03 À: GARDAIS Ionel Cc: gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxx Objet : Re: ext3 eligible for cluster/stripe ? If the kernel option is turned on, yes it does. you can verify with getfattr/setfattr avati 2007/12/16, GARDAIS Ionel <Ionel.Gardais@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > Hi list, > > I've found that what I want to archieve is more something like > cluster/stripe than cluster/unify. > However, a special note for stripe translator state "Stripe needs extended > attribute support in the underlying FS." > > Does ext3 meet this requirement ? > > Thanks, > Ionel > _______________________________________________ > Gluster-devel mailing list > Gluster-devel@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-devel > -- If I traveled to the end of the rainbow As Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me The pot's at the other end.